Clinical Skills Facilitator | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 27 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2024 |
| Location: | Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells, ME16 9QQ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6326007/359-6326007-T3 |
Summary
Clinical Skills Facilitators - Band 6 – Nursing and Midwifery Education Team
Would you like to be actively involved in the development of the workforce within Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust? Would you like to support staff.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust are pleased to announce we are recruiting a Band 6 clinical Skills facilitator (CSF), to support our staff in development and education. Focusing on recruitment, induction, preceptorship and retention, they will work within the current , to ensure career progression and support is available to all. This role will also give insight to service Improvement and focus on the maintenance of clinical standards. Working across sites including at our training facility at Priory Gate in Maidstone.
We are searching for candidates who have a natural drive for improvement, with the right personal attributes to support varying levels of leaners within our clinical areas. These valued team members will work to provide support to a range of clinical staff. Areas of scope to include:
• Supporting new starter
• Clinical skills teaching
• Recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Professional development
• Supporting learners within the clinical environment
• Supporting quality improvement projects.
You will need to have experience working within an acute clinical setting, have strong organisational skills, be a role model, hold a Practice Assessor qualification and be able to demonstrate involvement in previous quality improvement initiatives.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected toattend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please emailmtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.netif this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: TBC
This advert closes on Monday 10 Jun 2024
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